Untoward

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UNTOWARD.—‘Untoward’ is ‘not toward,’ i.e. not well disposed. It occurs in Act_2:40 ‘this untoward generation.’ Cf. ‘untoward to all good … forward to evil’—Judgement of the Synode at Dort, p. 32. The subst. ‘untowardness’ occurs in the heading of Isa_28:1-29, Hos_6:1-11. The word is still occasionally used, but in the more modern sense of ‘unfortunate’—as ‘an untoward accident.’
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909

un-tō?ẽrd, un-tôrd? (σκολιός, skoliós): Appears only in Act_2:40, the King James Version ?Save yourselves from this untoward generation.? It means ?perverse,? ?willful,? ?crooked,? and is so translated in Revised Version: ?this crooked generation? (apó tḗs geneás tḗs skoliás taútēs). the King James Version headings to Isa 28 and Hos_6:1-11 have ?untowardness.? This now obsolete term probably derived its orgin from the idea of the heart that was not inclined toward the divine will and teaching. Hence, ?not-toward,? or ?untoward.?

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.

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